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Governance, Corruption and Public Financial Management
Edited by Salvatore Schiavo-Campo

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Conference Papers and Proceedings

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Hardcopy price: $10.00

ISBN: 971-561-248-2
Pub. Date: 1999
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This book is an assembly of the major papers presented during the Seminar on Public Financial Management and Accountability, and the World Conference on Governance held in Manila in April and June 1999, respectively.

The papers cover:

  • the fundamentals of public financial management and the role of transparency and accountability in promoting aggregate fiscal discipline,
  • the strategic allocation of budgetary resources, and
  • the efficiency in the delivery of public services.

Also presented are an analysis of the recent reforms and plans of the Philippine Government, the role of information technology in improving public financial management, and the fundamental factors that encourage and promote corruption in public finance.

251 pages.

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Contents

Foreword [ PDF: 67kb | 2 pages ]

Yoshihiro Iwasaki

Chapter 1 Governance, Corruption, and Public Finance: An Overview [ PDF: 560kb | 18 pages ]

Vito Tanzi

Part I – PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Chapter 2 Government Policies and the Budget Process [ PDF: 796kb | 26 pages ]

Francesco Forte

Chapter 3 Public Financial Management: Getting the Basics Right [ PDF: 1,276kb | 42 pages ]

Arigapudi Premchand

Chapter 4 Information and Communication Technology for Public Finance [ PDF:1,552kb | 17 pages ]

Clay Wescott and Salvatore Schiavo-Campo

Chapter 5 Reform Priorities for Public Financial Management [ PDF: 822kb | 27 pages ]

Salvatore Schiavo-Campo and Daniel Tommasi

Chapter 6 Beyond the Basics: The Philippine Case [ PDF: 247kb | 8 pages ]

Benjamin Diokno

Part II – PUBLIC FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

Chapter 7 Public Financial Accountability [ PDF: 1,515kb | 48 pages ]

Arigapudi Premchand

Chapter 8 Transparency and Accountability for Public Financial Integrity [ PDF: 429kb | 14 pages ]

Nihal Jayawickrama

Chapter 9 Some Observations on Public Financial Accountability and Integrity in Pacific Island Countries [ PDF: 337kb | 11 pages ]

Savenaca Siwatibau

Chapter 10 Public Financial Accountability for Integrity and Results: The Case of the Philippine Bureau of the Treasury [ PDF: 366kb | 12 pages ]

Leonor Briones

Annex I: An Anti-Corruption Policy for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Development Bank [ PDF: 278kb | 9 pages ]

Annex II: The IMF Code of Fiscal Transparency [ PDF: 275kb | 9 pages ]


© Asian Development Bank 1999

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First published November 1999

This publication was prepared by Asian Development Bank staff. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in it do not necessarily represent the views of the Bank or those of its member governments. The Asian Development Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any consequences of their use.

ISBN 971-561-248-2

Publication Stock No. 070299

Published by the Asian Development Bank
P.O. Box 789, 0980 Manila, Philippines


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